OSHA Inspection: AEP

Issued

May 20, 2008

Abate by

Jun 9, 2008

Penalty

Initial $5,000

General-duty citation text

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to employees in
that employees were
exposed to:
Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico:
El patrono no
proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban
expuestos
a:
At Francisco Morales school in Naranjito, employees were performing
teaching tasks in
the Special Education, History and Math classrooms. There were some cracks
in the
walls and the floor. The floor of the  classroom was unlevel One feasible
and acceptable
abatement method,among others,to correct this hazard is perform a
structural study of
the building and soil test to determine the stability of the structure.
En la escuela Francisco Morales de Naranjito,los empleados estaban
realizando tareas de
ensenanza en los salones de clase de Educacion Especial, Matematicas e
Historia. Habia
unas grietas en las paredes y en el piso. El piso de los salones estaba
desnivelado, un
metodo factible y aceptable de correccion entre otros metodos, para
corregir el riesgo es
hacer un estudio estructural y un estudio de suelo para determinar la
estabilidad de la
estructura.